Friday, July 24, 2009

The Karaoke Heritage

What does Thia Megia, Jasmine Trias, Camille Velasco, Ramielle Malubay, Charice, Jessica Sanchez, Madonna Decena, Mikey Bustos, Martha Joy Lim and Chelsea Castillo have in common?

They all trained using an innovation called "Karaoke". They all are of Filipino heritage where every single household in the Philippines and everywhere you see a Filipino in the world has one.

Nowadays its being called Magic Mic where the karaoke machine got compact but it also now holds between 5,000-15,000 English and Tagalog songs in a small package.

The Japanese first marketed the machine they dubbed "Karaoke" in the early 80's but in all reality its a Filipino innovation. Before the advent of CD, everybody in the Philippines uses the old cassette tape deck player to play the instrumental tapes of popular English and Tagalog songs. It was only in 1983 that the Japanese marketed the machine as "Karaoke" and the first country in Asia that it hit was the Philippines.

Singing is a serious business for Filipinos indeed! Here are the National TV performances from USA, Britain, Austria, Canada and Australia Singing Talent Shows.


UNITED STATES

JASMINE TRIAS - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 3rd Runner Up



CAMILLE VELASCO - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 3 TOP 10 Finalist



SWAY - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 4 TOP 3 FINALIST (He was disqualified for contracts while a contestant)



MELINDA LIRA AMERICAN IDOL 5 TOP 12 FINALIST



AJ TABALDO AMERICAN IDOL 6 TOP 12 FINALIST



RAMIELLE MALUBAY SEASON 7 TOP 9



JESSICA SANCHEZ AMERICA GOT TALENT 1 WILDCARD FINALIST



CHARICE OPRAH'S SEARCH THE MOST TALENTED KIDS



CANADA

MIKEY BUSTOS CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 1 TOP 8



ELENA JUATCO CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 2 TOP 7



MARTHA JOY LIM CANADIAN IDOL SEASON 5 TOP 6



UNITED KINGDOM

MADONNA DECENA BRITAIN GOT TALENT 2008 TOP 3 FINALIST



AUSTRALIA

CRISLYN HAMILTON SEASON 6 AUSTRALIAN IDOL TOP 5 FINALIST



CHELSEA CASTILLO AUSTRALIAN GOT TALENT SEMI FINALIST



AUSTRIA

VINCENT BUENO MUSICAL SHOW 2008 GRAND PRIZE WINNER

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